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Data for Time−Temperature Superposition of the Dissolution of Wool Keratin in the Ionic Liquid 1 Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Acetate
Citation
Alghamdi, Amjad S. and Hine, Peter J. and Ries, Michael (2023) Data for Time−Temperature Superposition of the Dissolution of Wool Keratin in the Ionic Liquid 1 Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Acetate. University of Leeds. [Dataset] https://doi.org/10.5518/1391
Dataset description
The dissolution of wool yarns in the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium acetate [C2mim][OAc] has been investigated. Wool yarns were submerged into [C2mim][OAc] and dissolved for various times and temperatures before coagulating with water. Optical microscopy was used to track the yarn’s cross-sectional area. We propose that there are two competing dissolution processes, one rate-limited by disulfide bonds at low temperatures (LTs), and a second by hydrogen bonds at high temperatures (HTs), with a crossover point between the two regimes at 70 ℃. The corresponding activation energies were ELT = 127 ± 9 kJ/mol and EHT = 34 ± 1 kJ/mol. The remaining area of the dissolved wool yarn could be shifted via time–temperature superposition to plot a single master curve of area against time for both regions. Finally, the dissolution could be modelled by a diffusion process, giving self-diffusion coefficients for the [C2mim][OAc] ions (0.64–15.31 × 10−13 m2/s).
Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences > School of Physics and Astronomy | ||||||
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License: | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | ||||||
Date deposited: | 08 Jan 2024 13:56 | ||||||
URI: | https://archive.researchdata.leeds.ac.uk/id/eprint/1217 | ||||||